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‘Michael Jordan changed the world’: the true story behind Nike movie Air
“I didn’t give a damn about Michael Jordan,” recalls Sonny Vaccaro. “He did not play in my all-star game that I had for 20 years. I didn’t pick him; I picked somebody else who was damn good too.”
‘More than just shoes’: how Air Jordans kicked off a revolution in sport
I n 1984, Nike was in trouble. Growth had stalled, profits were down and a misjudged move into clothing left it with piles of unsold inventory. Rivals had beaten it to new crazes for aerobics and leisure shoes. Sales fell. “Orwell was right,” Phil Knight, who was chairman and chief executive, began his annual letter to shareholders. “1984 was a tough year.”
Bafta Awards 2023 live updates as stars of TV and film find out winners
The red carpet is ready, A-list stars are getting glammed up and Richard E Grant and Alison Hammond are good to go. The EE Baftas awards ceremony is taking place on Sunday, February 19, airing on BBC1 and BBC iPlayer at 7pm.
Will This Fall’s Film Festivals Finally Kick Off a Normal Awards Season?
is going to arrive in force, isn’t it?Please?That’s the feeling in the community I like to think of as Hollywood’s Kudo-Industrial Complex. That community limped through one year, 2020, in which theaters were closed, film festivals were canceled or moved online and almost all the shows were virtual; and a second year, 2021, that started out to be a cautiously muted season but was then blindsided by a COVID resurgence that forced a return to streaming and virtual events.Now, as the Venice Film Festival begins on Wednesday, followed by the three-day Telluride Film Festival on Friday and then the mammoth Toronto International Film Festival next Thursday, there’s a palpable yearning for things to return to normal.
Winter Olympics: highs, lows, heroes and villains of Beijing 2022
Sean Ingle The women’s figure skating free programme. An extraordinary evening of ice and fire, tears and peril. The heart felt for Kamila Valieva as the tears began to roll after the pressures of an extraordinary week caught up for her, but the eyes were also drawn to her teammate Alexandra Trusova and her extraordinary reaction after her five quads were only rewarded with a silver medal. “I will never go out on the ice again,” she said. ‘Never! I hate this sport! It’s impossible! You cannot do it this way! I’m not going to the awards! Everyone has a gold medal! Only I don’t! I hate it all!” When the inevitable Netflix documentary comes, Trusova will surely be the starring act.